Book One of the Ashes of the Veiled Series – by KJB Alan
Some bridges lead to safety.
This one leads to something waiting.
At the edge of two ancient nations lies a gorge the world has tried to forget. The only way across is the Bridge of Sorrow—black as obsidian, older than kings, and forbidden by law and legend.
When Cymric Draeven, second son of the Caldrithi queen, sets foot on it, something stirs in the mist. Something that remembers. And once it remembers… it hunts.
The Hollowed are rising—once human, now cursed to serve a god that sleeps beneath ash and root. In Shiroda, Lady Aiko Tomura’s brother has vanished across the bridge, and the Council hides the truth. In Caldrith, Cymric’s ruthless half-brother sees the Vale’s power as the weapon to shatter peace forever.
War is coming. The bridge will fall. And the first to cross may decide which nation burns.